Rash and negligent driving by “adventurist” motorists needs to be curbed with “iron hand”, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the Supreme Court
on Wednesday, seeking stringent punishment for checking the menace. The top law officer told the apex court that the provison
of the Motor Vehciles Act and Section 304A (causing death by rash and negligent act) of the IPC, which provides for maximum two years jail term, was inadequate to deal with the menace of rash and negligent driving. The Bench had sought the assistance of Rohatgi to know the fate of apex court’s suggestions, given in two earlier verdicts, to Parliament to re-visit the law dealing with mishaps causing death and injuries to innocents on roads due to rash and negligent driving.